polio vaccinations

A child receives an anti-polio vaccine during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Kabul, Afghanistan.

International

Global leaders commit US$1.9 billion to eradicate polio amid funding cuts

The funding is to protect 370 million children from polio each year

A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a Palestinian child at a UN school in central Gaza Strip. The WHO says it has vaccinated over 161,000 children under 10 in the central area in the first two days of its campaign, versus a projected 150,000.

International

WHO surpasses polio vaccination targets in Gaza children

The World Health Organization in Gaza said on Tuesday (Sep 3) that it is ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations in Gaza on day three of the mass campaign.

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